Samuel A. Nunn Jr.

Background

Mr. Samuel A. Nunn, Jr., also known as Sam, is Senior Advisor of RRE Ventures, LLC. Mr. Nunn has been the Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) since 2001. He serves as Strategic Advisor of Decru, Inc. He served as an Advisor of Internet Security Systems, Inc. since February 1998. He served as a Senior Partner of King and Spalding, L.L.P. from January 1997 to 2003 and focused on international and corporate matters. He was an Attorney ... at Law King and Spalding. He practiced law and served in the Georgia House of Representatives before being elected to the United States Senate in 1972, where he served as the Chairman and Ranking Member on both the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations before retiring in January 1997. Mr. Nunn served as a United States Senator from Georgia for 24 years from 1972 to 1996 and served on the Board of the Intelligence and Small Business Committees. Mr. Nunn served in the United States Coast Guard. After active duty service in the United States Coast Guard, he served six years in the United States Coast Guard Reserve. He first entered politics as a Member of the Georgia House of Representatives in 1968. He serves as the Chairman of the Board at Center for Strategic and International Studies, Inc. (CSIS). He has been a Director at Scientific-Atlanta, LLC since 1997 and has been its Lead Director since February 2005. He serves as Director of Community Health Systems Inc., Theranos, Inc., and National Service Industries Inc. since 1997. He has been Independent Director of The Coca-Cola Company since 1997 and has been its Independent Presiding Director since April 2014. He serves as a Director at Bloomberg Philanthropies. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Marvin & Palmer Associates, Inc., Forstmann Little & Co., Opus Capital, and Marvin and Palmer Associates, Inc. He serves as Trustee of Carnegie Corp. of New York. He serves on various non-profit Boards, which include Center for Strategic and International Studies; and the Aspen Strategy Group. Mr. Nunn served as an Independent Director of General Electric Company from 1997 to April 24, 2013. Mr. Nunn served as a Director at Texaco Inc. and Chevron Texaco Corp. since September 1997. He served as a Presiding Director of Dell Singapore Pte. Ltd. and also served as its Director from December 1999 to December 8, 2010. He served as a Director of Internet Security Systems Inc. since October 1999. He served as a Director of Hess Corporation until May 16, 2013. He served as a Director of Chevron Corporation from 1997 to May 25, 2010. He served as an Independent Director of Dell Inc., from December 1999 to July 15, 2011. He served as a Director of Total System Services, Inc. since 1997 and its Director Emeritus until April 2014. He served as a Director of BarcoNet NV. In addition to his work with NTI, Mr. Nunn has continued his service in the public policy arena. He is a distinguished Professor at Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech. His legislative achievements include the landmark Department of Defense Reorganization Act, drafted with late Senator, Mr. Barry Goldwater and the “Nunn-Lugar” Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. Mr. Nunn attended Georgia Institute of Technology. Mr. Nunn holds an A.B. from the Emory University in 1960 and an L.L.B. from the Emory Law School in 1962, where he graduated with honors.

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